Upalong Brewing The Landwash Homebrew at 8.5% ABV (Gift from the brewer – thanks Chris! – 500 ml, no bottle date or best before)
Pours slightly hazy to cloudy pale gold with a short-lived short white head, moderate lacing. (4/5) Nose is tart peaches, mild brett, very light pale malt. (9/10) Taste is mild sweet, mild bitter, moderate tart. (9/10) Light to medium body, lively to moderate carbonation, tart and crisp finish. (4/5)
I have no hesitation saying that this is – by far – the best home-brew I’ve ever had. An even-handed and well-balanced combination of fruity tartness and funky brett, with minimal hop character and just enough sweetness to balance. The ABV is nearly completely nonexistent, manifesting only as a mild warming towards the end of the bottle. If I could brew like this, I’d… well… I guess I’d be a professional brewer…? (17/20)
Brewer (Chris Conway of Habits Gastropub) notes:
Imperial Saison with Peaches.
This beer started out as an imperial saison (Pilsner Malt, Vienna, with some wheat – light Magnum bittering and Styrian Golding finishing hops) fermented warm with a Wallonian Farmhouse yeast strain. After primary fermentation was complete, I racked it onto six pounds of fresh Ontario peaches (something like 150g per L), a very tiny amount of French Oak, and a large culture of Brett grown up from a bottle of Crooked Stave. It then fermented the peaches for about a month before it was bottled and bottle conditioned.
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